Internet and tech giants think tax is only for the little people

From Apple’s Orwellian doublespeak to Google’s continued use of the ‘double Irish’, it’s clear that corporations see being taxed as beneath them

Here is the world we live in. In western Europe and North America, the top 1 per cent, the wealthiest humans who have ever lived, have captured 28 per cent of total growth since 1980. What have the bottom 50 per cent of people received? Just 9 per cent.

Since 1980, the share of the pie workers get has shrunk across the world. The share of the pie those who own things get ...